| Show FINANCIAL AND commercial AUGUST TRADE SHRINKAGE IS LARGER THAN USUAL conditions reviewed ly by the mercian tile til agencies no important Import nt changes es in cattle wool market new tork 1 I san francl francisco co london wa 0 ltd LEAD metal T M brokers price i j treasury statement washington aux AUK 23 To lay statement of tho the conIl condition tion of the treasury Irea sury hows flows available edall balance gold reserve new york metal markets new york aug 23 I PIR ig iron steady lead aulet brokers price ex ch chanice anize gaj tin irlam plates firm aulet drafts and silver sn san aug auff 23 Silver br bare acsa 11 mexican dollars doll arii a drafts sight 2 sta 2 drat ts 5 san mining stocks sail francisco aug aue 23 a tha th official closing quotations for mining stocks toddy today were as 03 follows alta ahn I 1 lO 10 alaba Alpha con t 07 I julia ty lC Kentuck con 0 O S andes 2 rj ia belcher almono Ml MODO Mono 11 10 B 13 I 1 loa aulbia mt diablo 15 boblet con 10 tai con 23 28 bullion caledonia ill 10 overman 17 challenge Chal lengo con MP chollar so wS savage avaro 37 confidence as r C C vis va 2 60 sarra nev it 11 con now wac tork ac it silver I 1 lill hill 03 crown point 53 emier KM 1 I Ier or king 3 24 exchequer con on 47 a C 53 un utah I 1 a co con n 07 11 N yea jacket 37 drw YORK TORK MINI MINING NG STOCKS rull eulna t 01 chollar li M ontario ontario ja 50 crown croin point 50 0 C C ai A va 2 lei jul keelin kalver er 3 ml deadwood W div 19 A n r A V ailsie 4 st eira ira nor nev 44 10 11 N 4 1 I 1 70 dard S 20 0 so O ail A union anton con 44 iron silver yel jacket 30 39 mexican 06 GRAIN AND provisions PROVISION S improvement in wheat and corn A drive at folk chicago AUK aug ZI 23 vant wheat opened weak and binl dionio ole of iho tie eat caily ly sales were vero v ero at A sc C decline from cluse buot but tile the market soon eoon turned wild mid bore before noon lb dioro ro hafl w as A full cent rally rall Y the 7 tic early cleth pt salon w was 3 duo due to the we weak a k and I 1 lower ower IVL I 1 ku iula 1 led and to tile tho closen out 0 jf f long loik 8 on oll stop loss orders c mat math pins ns anti and free liquidation by discourage oleu boltl oldis firt tho the dt decline cline well MUC recovered covered whore when traverse tra arudt derse rs began to I 1 ook look to tile tho local sel atil rm t its condition enatt inbound tend of tho the con al t I 1 a abroad abi oid coverse x A by nhoi t silie silveree ree on a tile went up helped it iti and there them was A a gradual lally of to lc luid and U up I 1 to noon tie the mont moat 0 f tt it had been he 13 wim wall u c higher than yesterday at tile tho close corn was in better request for f 0 phlp 8 hip ninnia and on oil Leco lecouris urit and an in am pathy vilh tile lutc strength atron strong lh th in an wheat ll it ruled ruled strong the greater port part ot of tile dd little c 1 citing at a 0 gain R aln of ac c on bath A a shaan esplor early but san pealed later with tho jurgot markets and cloel unchanged A vicious drive was waa mado made fit at tho the pink by schwartz and othor other aborts september pot poi lc it 0 opened tied at so 9 55 eold down dova to lo tta 20 land and closed at 37 lard sold moll ut at and from that down to a and n d clotted cloned at 1 l 45 5 95 rib front from 11 i deolin e d to 7 2 closing at aso 5 60 RAGE OF 01 TUB LEADING FU TUBES FUTURES article I open amigh loicl low chioso 1 beat no august fill 64 6 ia 61 63 62 V 6 her I 1 bil ill i 4 ava uj SIA n lor L or r 61 bil 1 j corn no 2 august Auff liet wj SS ahn jhc aal agu I 1 nei agi h avi G ant afla VS october N 3 1 6 sra 3 ais 53 ajr p I is I 1 MS I 10 tl may s 1 4 1 ali 1 oats t no august wt SO lit 3 2 1 yi 20 Sep Leiber la 29 laa la A ilav 2214 22 a 1 I is ifs 2 2 mif meas mi f P corli 0 iii september 9 ES 55 I 1 r P 20 9 7 october 1 9 SW 60 90 M 2 2 9 71 1 ld y 9 J 1 u 0 seii j september BS 5 CM n ew 6 49 6 ss october cm 60 li aw W 6 L y cl G ln aa choit 1 1 abs 6 gha 11 iler G rw no 6 sai 12 11 CM october liias 6 liia 4 COAT gh ij january 51 6 61 07 li 6 10 used buith I 1 quotations quotations were am ollow follow ilour weak no 2 ampi ing wheat heat eyl z no 4 t altering wheat beqo no zo r ril d et cip WC kc NO ko 2 coin col ale ai act no oats oc 90 no 2 11 1 no 1 3 white r u no no ew S ite r rf uc 1 1 vo nl 5 11 A c AC I 1 3 a iak no I 1 al la no 0 ial 1 ll 11 need 1 10 arr N aze L ily ar i 1 il 0 e l ant no pork per baral n 11 3 1 or per 1111 P edv va ik short ribs 9 j madr ajl ll 11 loose 0 0 1 L 7 ax bal 5 alpy gril lt m A r b boxly box 0 X lf 0 eatn 5 zara u dhori rt CA clear eft gid es box fit dw air ic abi wilshy oily distillers ic IT ballon tai 22 auram afsa cut t loit ci pil sted and aal standard A articles scripts r S apts I 1 our barrels 9 ale tw dw r I 1 IL 12 1 11 le hrat mt 53 MOW colw r 4 torn cor 31 oat fm bushels 1 I 1 WW R air buit hells 21 A lw J barly a r i ity auml ch aw ill ax on u uio a brodu ti A bodny do y the 0 butter ter maikel was wa cr amry am ry liv dairy 9 ahr cpus steady 12 I 1 60 D DUNS TRADE AD tho the aukrust shrinkage Is rather bather larger than usual new york aug AU 23 R M G ruin icom coa iw weekly ret low lew of ti fiade abc w which aich smiles issues tomorrow ahl say tho the volume of business shrinks as la is natural in august and tho the shrinkage seems rather kaikor than usual because transactions in july were somewhat inflated for that month some industries tire arc doing doloff more thin than be bc foro lei in august tend and the prospects for fall all trado trade lire are good lei in othora others although much depends oil ibl crops gand end A alio I 1 to outcome la Is less clear than speculators on either side ado are disposed to admit t role 1 nels lieve not lot entirely ceased but luranc during the past week have homi much more the prim pirl of wheat w heat bent hn fallen stac duong the week recovering it 11 fraction on thursday dav lei in spite of all efforts to hold back supplies from farms and to encourage buying wheat ought to KO go abroad 1 licay ly nt at present prices bat atlantic Atlant li li none ini alto h 0 beell only la 13 jwj bushan for th hit neil LL barite he nit year and for four foal only y 4 R l av agnot floal lyca 1 1 q 4 t yeni I 1 ra parc iva t ories or of short cioe abroad havo little eight in the presen of sudi such 1 n I reenna lead the iho abstention of foreign earle inore effect he than tile withhold ing of if by western buyers ully th the 57 cont wheat of the th pa inc coast still docx OP forand forwand freely in place or the hie atlantic corn hate hu also declined buc while pork anis and lard with accustomed rile as an corn dueling duchnow in iron doti Ith standing some uneaten apas because ill iff output has greatly irre atly in r bended purchases hy by two leading e corn panics have the atie price of bessemer W and a new flew combi combination natron has haa raided galvanized barhev wire to 1 81 while aro are being formed in wire rods and common wire and led an ad vanes in ti Is expected el other prieva ale aio unchanged and tile tho tie new oidis for iron and steel sled pro prod duls wils are arc not at present jorge in cotton elodi the demand As i rather more active with tho the price 0 of f tho the raw material advancing but isal the business husi heas not materially changed land and tho the quotation for paint cloths claths is a shade ahado lower this athla week sales of wool are again smaller ant find for this iho month thus fir far have bette been HM pounds ofa of aich 9 pounds wele domestic against lq pounds last year of p pounds units were domestic but the specula speculative ti ve buyers still hold prices priced very and are arc supported by the iho strength in foreign forel irn markets no marked change appears in the demand for woolen goods but there la is increasing apprehension bhonn by arents regarding the ali extensive sales ft elf forelimb woolens fallear failures s for tho the week havo hava been in the united states last year and 43 in an canada against 23 last year bradstreets REVIEW corn crop prospects exert ga favor 0 able abla influence now york aug 23 arad streets tomorrow will say bay tho the volume of trade throughout the tha east south southwest and on the coast la Is no larger several souther tat find and eastern centers are arc rather quieter than repeated led last las t week at western land and central western points with some exceptions signs are conspicuous of the influence on business of tho the prospectively prospective I 1 y enormous 3 corn crop slid and tho the very large harvest of wheat at tho the F east ast stimulations ale aio round found lei in continued activity in leading lines notably iron and steel tho the recent markel advance in prices of A which metals at eastern centers Is b beloff reported from chicago and st louis at tho the south grocery pro cery hardware and dry goods foods jobbers tire are relatively most active general trade asian favorable its aa anywhere of tho the carolina the lon iou illana cleat crop Is at 15 vOW baga general trado lit the south li in practically walling waiting until the iho cotton begins to TO enoc 01 C exports of wheat both coasts united states and montreal tats anck have hae increased again for tho the fifth week in succession to Q bushels hush ets against bushels last week bushore in year ago find and bushels two years ago clearing house returns new ew bof toik k au aai a 21 tho the follow following ing able compiled by shows tho the lots total clearances at A tho the par principal I 1 I 1 CA cities te I 1 a and tho the are of increase or decrease deare as coin complied paled with tho the corre sp week last year per pr ct ct act inc dec new york tins tl 14 7 chicago 0 1 I bl lio heaton etain sa Kai is 12 is 18 a 8 pla philadelphia 41 41 1 in 15 5 st louis 73 sun san rian cisco G Balti bartimole mole I 1 j 48 j pittsburg cincinnati 31 0 27 3 kansas city at 5 5 new orleans WO ii HS it 3 3 2 buffalo 3 aa 81 milwaukee 4 11 0 it IW 89 27 7 L avillo omaha omah 26 gi S clevel mil mag 1 S til thornton tHo 0 unton W 1 5 5 st paul I 1 1 32 t I 1 17 i denver deliver 2 ihlia 7 14 1 19 23 1 columbus 0 33 03 hartford A limsi I 1 is richmond 2012 2 1 r 9 wn hington 12 3 dallan dalian 11 atwi ita st si joseph 1 00 9 37 7 peoria memphis layte ld ceab IS 3 pot bl and or sa 89 1 ila io 0 1 oc later l 14 fl new leuven I 1 isit 1 kile 64 ml 1 I 1 hii 18 13 I 1 malas 1133 WS 29 i 1 I 1 oa center 3 r I 1 portland ora jand 1 ahl W 1 S 1 I 1 i atlanta tj lei wa 8 til eil tt z 1 9 vort fort woe vl laim an 41 1 I t na mim ad ai TOO 0 aw ties DO moines N za ait it grand IA 74 W 1111 X 37 7 NN del 71 28 W 1017 norfolk 19 3 sioux ciar city wl als aia 0 i lo 10 anatie illg a on 1 I 1 sl as 1 tacoma 1 I I 1 K 7 pin Fugi anaw naw mich imia 1188 aa 1 I 83 jacksonville lincoln 16 new S S allita hua KI S iii topeka I 1 aasa qan as lexington ky 9 0 ow ii ha baa chy jay alich tep fall 11 river alyn A 13 34 9 A akron ran 0 susa 4 t 4 15 0 etosh 90 canton 0 f 87 17 sioux falln aall ei 54 4 Free krimont paint ne nob C 60 aa ill Ifa stings neb 1 6 62 1 5 Iario oa 11 7 aez S K A 1 NO 14 HI 1 ITT besim 55 3 salt lako lake ita aw ai 0 0 I 1 scranton 6 ia 61 milot 1 W G 9 lain azoo ir ir 7 totals IT S WM ID 7 1 of N Y 4 17 7 66 I 1 DOMINION OP OF CANADA montreal al SIO LO 10 toronto ji i halifax 37 I 1 ua ail 9 hamilton WW 64 39 I 1 va iava DW U M I 1 totals To tala ji 5 vot NOL d in n total enot aft lit in totals because con A other oilier items than celestrin cl estrin go american manufacturers disturbed boston bonton aug as kllc hul bul jelin will will sav best tomorrow of tile hii wool mr mar alta thu tho M brict for or domestic staples 1 dull I and 1 areu vr eU L rl anor at ih iho ellla n a Rs arc goods F to n birons co p 1 I of foreign 0 1 al za arn tar x licaus that leave hov b A d A an r a azoo eoon on I 1 0 nan da a vol h hive v I 1 bega to haw that thac w samples amilca havo or of forti forchen goods nl at prices price laken tb them rn ai all speculation IN STOCKS marked decrease in VO volume lume of business new york aug 23 there was a ed cd decrease in tile the volume of business on tho the attack exchange lode today V at no time was w tho the market active anil and during the iho afternoon pipii was wa a tho the hold gold engagements for to steamers elca mcra which moze aws european slightly lightly exceed a 1 million dollars were smaller than had bad been anticipated and tills fiul coupled with the continued taw ease of at tho lh aiton MIN exchange mat malliet jet served nerved to keen tho the boar bear element clement let la chock check tile the closed dull and farm alren loud load pro f frred fred gained 2 24 anil and national Nol lonal linseed I 1 per cent moro jere than halt half ot of tho the total transactions wore were in sugar tobacco and burlington dionus were active and A eigher a aal saw 1 I 1 BOND LIST 1 erin as ai 0 M II 11 S it in 1 reg reb U S n COUL I 1 1224 M K T ai t W i U 8 as reg 1 I hit 1 second la 49 zi tet U ofin S 6 COUP nj J C gen as 69 ils 11 U 8 la Is fear 1121 HS A iNor nor I 1 pao pao lt 23 alti 1 ll 1 ti v ll 4 L anit ui an 11 U V a aa coup coap U SIs S 2 re r nor j wit est 11 pao pac 6 aa of 0 W zi 8 P F deg ireba fis aai awi atchison 49 wita it 0 IV W III second A 32 st 1 paul iti con can sou Q 5 P J P IV 52 6 lie U I 1 jan N 48 tu aid tex rao pao la 29 it n 0 it ft IN 1111 2 mil 0 pa P it of if 1 4 i r 11 is I 1 albl joe ll Bl 1 li it 11 ga f 72 in allie west elio 4 3 9 1117 41 44 r M CLOSING STOCKS Alch loon 17 IT P I 1 G f G adapts Us cx HI not nor west ira I 1 hi I 1 4 inia 1110 preferred ant am E m 11 0 0 llin N Y C AM lilla 16 are an pao iw euln x Y N 1 II 11 0 MS lil an ai h you son 54 sor ort or imp sa sa rin pete pac isk ision ore on nav aft 21 C A 0 21 OS 0 S 1 I aun ft U N hi alton allo 1 IFA par lc mall 28 2814 f it 11 al 1 Q mi pittsburg awl ihla le gals gaa G K pullman real pal ira colo coio C ai I 1 6 F I 1 wi As col oil C Z bi it 11 U G I 1 W 17 del 1 hud I led ill it preferred li 11 1 I L I 1 W US ilbek island sll 1 r 1 11 a ih 1 48 st paul I 1 aaa W url arlu 81 art faired lv pi referred 2 st be P 0 hii rort wayne jet i otil IL 0 G nor pd sou poo pac C B I 1 pd 1063 1084 aai busar i ar rain rn III cent tenn r al C j I 1 1 1 U W 27 satt k tex pan pac 13 33 ill union Ia bacille cille 11 lake shore ad 1 V U 8 ex 41 lead I ead trust truet 34 IV farko fargo ex L I 1 N 6 M I 1 west went union 91 cwi iwi alch coil cent leila D L it U G ur tic mo pc gen 1 ilo il aeo o 1 N 1 C colo olo F li I 1 wi mi 11 4 nor pac im vill 4 preferred SKI 92 preferred bond syndicate gold boston AUK aug 23 21 tho the government bond syndicate deposited in gold in the th sub treasury treasur Y horo here taking legal tenders lenders I 1 in n exchange money and exchange now york aug 23 21 money on oil call easy a at A I 1 per cent prime mercantile paper per cent sterling exchange steady leady ai with actual business in bankers bink cra bills at PW wi for demand and at H swa tor for sixty days day posted rat rali 9 34 90 99 and 1 3 4 81 91 bills ti wnm si silver certificates wani c english money and stocks new york vork aug auff 23 the evening posts london cablegram says the stock block an markota markets were aul quiet et but alarm today americans americana were dull early but closed distinctly firm at the best priced there was good buying of atlantic pacific firsta apparently on anticipation of the forthcoming scheme w aich Is expected on monday kattlas are arc booming about sterling in rold gold chiefly american coin was wan bought by the bank of england today do Y withdrawal of 0 gold washington aug au 23 tho the treasury dit rt apartment part ment woo informed today of the lii drapal of COO in kold gold from the sub trell in now york for export tomorrow this will reduce tho the gold cold reserve to the th not net loss loaa of gold floor saturday exclusio exclusion of the iho 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